I'm going to be running a BW game that is an attack-defend scenario. I'm wondering what the CP ratio should be between the attacking and defending teams.
My thought is that that it should be the golden ratio (rounded, 8 attacker CPs for every 5 defender CPs) because the ratio works for most everything.

But yeah, I want to know what you all think.

EDIT: And the suggestion part is that such CP ratios should be listed in the rulebook.

actually, giving equal CP costs should pan out evenly. remember that the defenders are also spending points on walls, towers, entrenchments and all kinds of doo-hickeys and traps AS WELL AS their offense and minifigs, while the attackers are solely spending their precious CP on offense.

IVhorseman wrote:actually, giving equal CP costs should pan out evenly. remember that the defenders are also spending points on walls, towers, entrenchments and all kinds of doo-hickeys and traps AS WELL AS their offense and minifigs, while the attackers are solely spending their precious CP on offense.

Yeah, I don't know what the first two replies were talking about--I mean INCLUDING fortifications.

But the thing is, the goal of the attackers is much more difficult than the goal of the defenders. The attackers have to push the line back, the defenders just have to hold it. In the event of a brutal stalemate, the defense wins.

I agre with blitzen a suquestion doesn't work, its like my history teacher ask this so called question: Name three Egyptian Kings? There should be no ?, because its not asking its telling.

Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. Amen!

Ah well, it was a dumb idea anyway. Especially with how quickly Pezzy latched onto it. Still, I don't think those were commands though. That's like saying "Do you think you could pass me the mayonase" is a pompous form of manipulation thinly disguising the command "Pass the mayo."

I say trying to be gentle in your criticism isn't pompous. It's simply nicer is all. True, there really should be no question marks, but I was just making stuff up anyway.